49 Astonishing Book Art Projects

These stunning book art pieces prove that novels, encyclopedias and other readable materials can be artful, not just from the words written inside of them.

The growing popularity of e-books has some people wondering if traditional paper books will become obsolete entirely, but these book art projects prove that they are suited to plenty of other purposes as well. Some of these books have had their pages into intricate cutouts that literally shape the words into descriptive images, while others take more abstract approaches to transforming books into artful sculptures.

Printed books are also being fused with influences from the Internet, such as having multiple editions printed with pages and pages of leaked LinkedIn passwords or Google image search results.